painfully

painfully
pain|ful|ly [ˈpeınfəli] adv
1.) very - used to emphasize a bad or harmful quality that someone or something has
▪ painfully thin arms
▪ As a teenager, I was painfully shy.
▪ The road to peace is a painfully slow process.
▪ We are only too painfully aware of the damage his actions have caused.
painfully obvious/clear/evident/apparent
▪ It was painfully obvious he'd rather not see her again.
2.) with pain or causing pain
▪ Robyn swallowed painfully.
3.) needing a lot of effort
▪ all the knowledge that he had so painfully acquired

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